The 2020-21 FCS football season has been divided. Conference schedules are going to be played in the spring, but some teams decided to play a full non-conference schedule in the fall and opt out of the spring.
Other teams played a few fall non-conference games and plan to play their league schedule this spring. Others plan to not play at all this academic year.
Currently, 92 FCS teams are scheduled to play games this spring. Here are the 35 FCS teams that have decided not to play.
Last updated on Feb. 10
Big Sky
Sacramento State — Not playing any games this academic year
Montana — Hopes to play a modified non-conference schedule this spring
Montana State — Hopes to play a modified non-conference schedule this spring
Portland State — Hopes to play a modified non-conference schedule this spring
Northern Colorado — Hopes to play a modified non-conference schedule this spring
Big South
Campbell — Played 4 games in the fall
Hampton — Not playing any games this academic year
North Alabama — Played 4 games in the fall
CAA
Towson — Not playing any games this academic year
Ivy League
*The Ivy League decided it will not play a spring season
8 Teams — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
MEAC
The MEAC has suspended its spring season after six of the nine teams have opted out. The MEAC’s decision to cancel the spring football season does not prevent individual member institutions from participating in football competition. At this point, Delaware State, Howard and South Carolina State have expressed an intent to play this spring.
Bethune-Cookman — Not playing any games this academic year
Florida A&M — Not playing any games this academic year
North Carolina Central — Not playing any games this academic year
Norfolk State — Not playing any games this academic year
Morgan State — Not playing any games this academic year
North Carolina A&T — Not playing any games this academic year
MVFC
Indiana State — Not playing any games this academic year
NEC
Saint Francis — Not playing any games this academic year
CCSU — Not playing any games this academic year
OVC
Eastern Kentucky — Played 9 games in the fall
Patriot
Georgetown — Not playing any games this academic year
Pioneer
Dayton — Not playing any games this academic year
Marist — Not playing any games this academic year
Southland
Abilene Christian — Played 6 games in the fall
Central Arkansas — Played 9 games in the fall
Houston Baptist — Played 4 games in the fall
Stephen F. Austin — Played 10 games in the fall
SWAC
Alcorn State — Not playing any games this academic year
